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Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae)
Type: Journal Article
Two commercially valuable holothurians, the sandfish and golden sandfish, vary in colour and have a confused taxonomy, lending uncertainty to species identifications. A recent molecular study showed that the putative variety ...
An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach
Type: Journal Article
The production characteristics of shrimp farming in Bangladesh are reported based on a panel of farms for the period 1998 to 2002. The data allow for a profit decomposition based on the Törnqvist index, where differences ...
Understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture: a manual for decision-makers
Type: Report
Aquaculture is a rapidly expanding sector of the global economy. Development of the industry under various national and regional jurisdictions has resulted in a diversity of regulatory frameworks. This manual has been ...
Innovations in fisheries co-management, and the challenge of mobility
Type: Book Chapter
Co-management attempts mostly focus on improving fish-stock management, requiring people to reduce fishing activities, without offering any interim benefits. Thus incentives are not taken into account. The SFLP (Sustainable ...
Out of new stocks in 2020: a comment on "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048"
Type: Journal Article
The authors provide counter arguement to the article "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048". Their analysis confirms the continuous absolute and relative increase in collapsed stocks shown first by Froese and ...
Water resources, forests and ecosystem goods and services
Type: Book Chapter
The chapter begins with an overview of the water system in the Congo Basin, presents a synopsis of select hydrological goods and services, describes the relationship between forests and water resources in large river systems ...
WorldFish Corporate Card [French version]
Type: Brochure
Probiotics and aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture has become the fastest growing sector of food production in the world. Despite the encouraging trends, several constraints have a negative impact on the growth of aquaculture. Among those, diseases are the ...
Fish supply and food security for South Asia
Type: Brief
The combined population of five South Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal) is expected to rise from the current 1.5 billion to 2.2 billion by 2050, with the biggest increases occurring in rural ...
Cage culture in reservoirs in India (a handbook)
Type: Manual
This document is part of a series of 5 technical manuals produced by the Challenge Program Project CP34 “Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs”. The reservoirs of India have a combined surface ...